The Beef Farmers of Ontario have donated $75,000 to Lakehead University’s veterinary program to support large-animal training and help address Northern Ontario's shortage of veterinarians.
MANITOULIN—With a donation of $75,000 toward Lakehead University veterinary training as the Northern Ontario shortage of large animal veterinarians continues, a Manitoulin Island representative of Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) says that the idea is that having future veterinarians learning in the North will hopefully see them stay and practice here once they are finished their studies.
“Lakehead University has openings for 20 plus positions for those connected to the North in veterinarian training (every year), and we are hoping that it will be similar to what has taken place with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) with doctors; if we educate future veterinarians in the North they are more likely to stay in the North after their training,” said John McNaughton, a member of the Manitoulin Island group of BFO.
“We have a chronic lack of large animal veterinarians in the north and this funding that BFO is providing is designed to address this specifically,” said Mr. McNaughton. “It addresses all of it.”
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